Display device



G. M. FRANKS.

DISPLAY DEVICE. ATPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, 1921v Patented July 18, 1922..

GEORGE M. FRANKS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed March 2, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, Gnoncn FRANKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Display Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to display stands for displaying merchandise, particularly of the type in which the merchandise is mounted on a card, and has for its object to provide a stand which may be made out of sheet metal pressed into the desired shape to hold the cards in removable position upon the same.

In carrying out the objects of my invention I provide corner, base and top members each formed of a single piece of sheet metal pressed into the desired shape with means for holding the cards and means for locking the members together.

The full objects and advantages of my in vention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and are particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, illustrating the application of my invention in one form 2- Fig. 1 is aside elevational view of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bottom frame member of my invention.

Fig. 3 is aplan view of the top frame member.

Fig. 4 is a plan sectional View taken on line 44 of Figure 1.

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevational view taken on line 55 of Figure 4.

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken on line 66 of Figure 5.

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on line 7-7 of Figure 1.

My stand comprises primarily a base member 10 formed of a single piece of sheet metal substantially square in configuration at the corners of which are mounted four uprights 11 which are held in spaced relation to each other at the tops by means of an up per frame member 12. A red 13 passes directly through boththe frame member 12 and the frame member 10 and is screwed into a circular base 14 on which the entire device is supported. A nut 15 screwed on the end of this rod serves to hold the parts clamped against the base 14 to form a rigid structure.

The uprights 11 are constructed so as to form two side members 16 and 17 connected by an oblique back 18. 1 These uprights are Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1922.

Serial No. 449,183.

supported on the exterior of the frame member 10 as follows. Along the perimeter of frame member 10 the edges 19 thereof are turned up to form flanges extending substantially around the device. At the corner of each of these flanges 19 is pressed outwardly from the metal thereof a pair of cars 20 and 21 which are spaced from said flanges 19 so as to form a socketed seat in which the upr ghts 11 may be placed. One of these uprights is shown in'cross section as being mounted on said ears in Figure 2. To stiffen the member 10, I form the same in the shape of a cross, with arms 22 and 23 which are provided at their edges with the ribs 24. As pressure is exerted upon the device through the .rod 13, ribs 24 and the arms 23 and 22 hold the uprights 11 in proper position upon the frame member 10.

The manner of attachment of the upper frame member 12 to the device is best shown 1n Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6. Member 12 is shaped in the form of a starhaving four protruding points or members 25, 26, 27 and 28, each of which is formed with ribs 29 along the edges thereof for stiffening said member to make the same rigid. At the end of each of arms 25, 26, 27 and 28 I provide a depending tongue 30 which is adapted to slip in between lip 31 formed at the top of each of the uprights 11 and the back portion 18 of said uprights. The lip 31 is formed by pressing a band of metal of the uprights 11 inwardly as indicated in Figure 4 to leave a space between the back 18 of the uprights 11 and lip 31 in which the tongue 30 may be inserted. When the device is assembled as indicated in Figure 1 the rod 13 presses the members 12 and 10 towards each other causing tongues 30 and the ears 20 and 21 to be come snugly seated at the ends of the uprights 11 thereby holding the device in place. A washer 32 mounted on rod 13 between frame 10 and the base 14 permits the entire stand to be rotated relative to said base 14 to display successively the goods mounted on the four sides of the device.

Themeains for holding the goods comprises a plurality of cards 33 which have the goods secured to the same, which cards are adapted to slide in back of the side members 16 and 17 of the uprights 11 and which are held in place upon the said guides by means of a number of ears 34 which are pressed inwardly from the metal as indicated in Figure 7 at 35, to form a space between said lugs and the portions 16 and 17 of said uprights. In Figure 7 one of the cards is shown positioned between a lug 34.- and the member 17 of the upright 11. At the bottom of the device the cards 33 are supported by member 10 in a space 36 formed onthebottom of the body portion thereof between the flanges 19 and a number of upturned wings 37 which are best shown in Figures 1 and 2.--The flanges '19 and said Wings 37 hold the card from movement while the bottom of frame member 10' furnishes the necessary support for carrying the said card and the goods attached thereto.

To prevent the device-from overturning, base l lis constructed so as to'have 'suflicient weight to hold the device in place after the same has had the goods and'the cards mounted thereon. If desired,"the entire base may be constructed of cast iron or some other metal suitably heavy enough to serve thepurpose. In the drawings, however, I

"have showna type of base which may be constructed of sheetmetal to serve thesame purpose. This base comprises an outer'shell 4E0 pressed-into the desired shape which has a downwar'c'lly projecting boss elint'o which the rod 13 may be screwed. Theextreine edges of shell 40 are turned inwardly at 141 and'the entire base is filled with a substance such as concrete or some other suitable composition as indicated at 42. 'The'fu'nction of the inturned edge 141 of shell 40 is to cause the filler member lQ a;- be held in position within the shell l0. This construction may be more cheaply roduced than the solid cast iron base'and'sti 1 serves the same purpose.

amount of goods in a limited space.

' The advantages of my invention are mani fest. The device can beco'nstructed from sheet metal pressed into the desired shape so as to be constructed at a trivial cost. The device is collapsible and may be packed in a small container so as tofbe easily conveyed through the mails. When the entire vention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set-forth within the scope of the following claims: I 1 1 I claim: a

1. A card holding display device comprising a? frame member formed of a single F piece of sheet'metal, having flanges turned hold a plurality up along all of the edges thereof, complemental flanges extending partially along said first named flanges in spaced relation thereto being turned up from the body of said frame member to form a number of grooves, and means secured to said frame member and cooperating with said grooves to support'a plurality of cards.

2. A display stand comprising an, upper and a lower frame member, ears formed on said lower frame member and a plurality of uprights mounted on said frame memher held in place thereon by means of said ears andmeans for clamping said frame members to ether."

3. A disp ay device comprising a lower frame member formed of a single piece of sheet iron, flanges turned *upwardly from the body of said lower framemember along theedges thereof,"ears pressed out'of said upturned flanges and uprights mounted on said lower "frame member between said ears and flanges. e 1

4. A display stand comprising a lower frame member, a pluralit'ybf ears formed on said lower frame member and spaced therefrom, a plurality of uprights mounted on said frame member and positioned between said frame member and ears and supported thereon and means for clamping said uprights in place upon said lower frame member. Y

5. A display stand comprising an angular body portion having a plurality of uprights arranged at the corners thereof, flanges formed on said uprightsextending towards similar flanges: on adjacent uprights, pairs of said flanges lying in intersecting planes, ears formed on said uprights lying in planes parallel tosaid flange planes to of cards against the said flanges. 7 5

6, A display device comprising a lower frame member formed of a singlepiece of sheet iron having a flange turned upwardly at the edge thereof,'-a second flange extending partly across said lower frame member parallel to said first flange in spaced. relation thereto being turned up from the body of said lower frame member to form grooves and a plurality of uprights mounted on said lower frame member, having card holding means lying in the same plane as said grooves."

7. A display device comprising ailower frame member formed of a single piece of sheet-iron, having a-flange turned upwardly at the edge thereof, a second flange extending partly across said lower frame member parallel to said first flange in spaced relation thereto being'turned up from the body of said lower frame member to form grooves, a plurality of uprights formed of sheet metal supported on said lower frame member, and earspressed inwardly from the metal of said uprights in spaced relation 9. A display stand comprisingabody p012 l0 thereto to form grooves lying in the plane tion, having a plurality of uprights each of said frame member grooves. formed of a single piece of material bent 8. A display stand comprising a body porwith two flanges issuing outwardly at right tion having a plurality of uprights, said angles from one another and card holding uprights having flanges turned at right means formed on each of the flanges of said 15 angles to each other and sets of ears formed uprights, said means being adapted to hold on each of the flanges of said uprights and a number of cards alon said flan es.

positioned in spaced relation thereto. GEORGE M. FRANKS. 

